On My Knees

Do you ever feel like you should get on your knees and just stay there for a couple of days? Welcome to my week. Besides the rant I posted a couple of days ago (which seems to be turning out very well...more about that later) we have had many things going on here that need prayer:

• This afternoon our dear friend Erin and her little sister were in a car accident while on their way into my house to pick up my niece and nephew for a fun day/sleepover. Erin rolled her Trailblazer and the lastest update I heard was that she was on her way to University Hospital (from the county hospital) because her CT/X-rays showed a cracked neck vertebrae. Her sister has had stitches but is not requiring transfer that I know of. Pray for Erin; her husband Trenton; her mother, who had to receive a call today that 2 of her daughters were in an accident (shudder); and the rest of her family.

• Yesterday morning Mike's dad got a call from his sister reporting that Mike's grandma was lying on the couch bleeding from her mouth with swollen blue legs. This, too, required a trip to the hospital and when Mike got home from visiting her yesterday he seemed very discouraged at her condition. It is so hard to watch our loved ones age. However, reports from today show much improvement and her spirits are high. She's still giving instructions out to her kids on what they need to do to get things ready for our family Christmas on Saturday. Pray, that if she is well, she might come home in time for our family Christmas...

• My dear friend and piano mentor, Maureen had a heart attack last week and came home. However she went back to the hospital not feeling well this week. Reports seem good but still a stressor to her family to watch her go back and forth.

• Another gentleman in our church is battling heart failure. His battle seems to be slipping. His wife and 4 children have been heavy on my heart lately. Pray for them...that if it is God's will a heart donor would come available, but that if he is taken Home the children and wife are comforted and wrapped in His love.

If you feel so compelled, won't you pray with me?

Fast and Hot

Boy, my post title sounds a little racy, huh? Rest assured I'm referring to breakfast...more about that in a minute...

We've had a busy December. Natalee had a glorious first birthday and 2nd Christmas, which I'll blog about and put pictures up of soon. In case you hadn't heard, I'm pregnant...due July 4th, which explains my blogging absence. By the time we get our night time routine done, I'm spent and ready for bed, and you, my blogger friends, aren't winning out over sleep. (Don't feel bad--neither is my laundry.) I'm still reading your blogs, of course, but haven't made time to make myself sit down and load pictures and the works. I'm hoping to get out of the 1st trimester slump and get back in the groove soon.

Anyhow--back to breakfast. Ever had that morning where you want something more than a bowl of cereal?...something hot but not hard to prepare? This is me all the time. A Facebook friend posted a recipe and I fixed it to my own liking and it actually wasn't too bad. So...I thought I'd share...

you need:
2 cans of refrigerator biscuits (you know the ones--the ones you buy in a 4 pack for cheap at Wal-Mart)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 tsp butter/margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cut your biscuits into fourths. Throw them in a bowl with a lid or a gallon ziplock bag with your cinnamon & pudding mix. Shake, shake, shake it to coat it well.
Melt your butter/margarine in the microwave or stovetop and coat it over the biscuits.
Throw the biscuits in a 9 in round pan and arrange so they are even in the pan. Bake 20 minutes.
I drizzled mine with an icing made of powdered sugar and milk after they came out of the oven. Kind of like a coffee cake...of so easy but yummy.

Enjoy and I hope you had a very blessed Christmas!

My Girl Is One! {Natalee}

 This is my girl. My princess. Who is one...today. Words can't describe how much we love her. Happy birthday, sweetie. Mommy & Daddy are so proud of the little lady you are becoming!

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Happy Birthday, Natalee

Of course we let her open a present on her birthday eve! Jammies...her first nightgown ever to be exact. Words can't express what it's like to watch your little girl turn one. We love you so much, princess...you'll always be our baby!

she opened it right after bath time and apparently it took so much concentration she had to get her tongue involved!

I'm not the only sucker. Grandma Cindy & Papa Curtis let her open a present at their house last night...the Little People Nativity. Thanks Gma & Papa...she's finally figured out how to make the stable sing...and sing, and sing, and sing! She loves it!

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Staying in Motion

This girl...

is all that's kept me going this week. Worked Monday. ENT Tuesday. From Columbia to Fairfield for visitation for our Darby Tuesday night. Funeral Wednesday. AWANA Christmas program rehearsal Wednesday night. Work today...I think. Bi-lateral tubes for Natalee tomorrow in Columbia.
To add to it...out of commission van for the moment--hoping to get it going tonight. Driving the car this morning and the rock chip that the auto glass company sealed for us decided to go ahead and pop and crack all the way across.

Really, not complaining...still thankful:
-that Darby knew Jesus and is resting with Him.
-that Natalee will probably not have permanent hearing loss.
-for friends who pick me up and bring over pizza, offer hugs, who call daily, & give encouragement.
-for family who watch my baby, rock her when she's out of sorts, and wash my dirty laundry.
-for a job to go to, even if I've only gone twice this week.
-for a car that's running, even if it's not my first choice.
-for health, Christmas, and all other things sweet.